JACKSONS TIMBER LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

03831955 · ltd · incorporated 1999-08-26

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

drifting distress · 6-months

Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.

· Lifecycle stage drifting downward
· Currently "declining"

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£7.86M

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46130

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 26.8y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 26.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (8 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

92 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £54,613

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Turnover	£7.86M	—
Gross profit	£2.24M	—
Operating profit	£76.5k	—
Profit before tax	£54.6k	£691.8k
Average employees	6300	6200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2026-01-15
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mortgage · MR01
2026-01-08
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Charge registered #4
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2025-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-12-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-13
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officers · CH01
2023-12-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-13
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-12-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-12
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officers · CH01
2023-10-04
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officers · CH01
2023-10-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-03
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officers · CH01
2023-10-03
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officers · CH01
2023-10-03
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officers · AP01
2023-09-29
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RUSH, Martin Sean appointed
director
2023-07-27
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accounts · AA
2022-03-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2018-04-06
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SWANSTON, Gary appointed
director
2017-09-07
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Charge satisfied #2
2017-04-06
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EDMONDSON, Louisa Claire appointed
director
2017-02-01
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
2010-07-01
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Charge satisfied #1
2010-02-02
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MOSSOP, Daniel Jordan appointed
director
2010-02-02
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MOSSOP, Paul Kristian appointed
director
2006-05-25
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1999-10-25
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1999-08-26
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Company incorporated
As JACKSONS TIMBER LIMITED
1999-08-26
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MOSSOP, Lesley appointed
secretary
1999-08-26
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MOSSOP, Derrick appointed
director
1999-08-26
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MOSSOP, Lesley appointed
director
1999-08-26
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-08-26
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-08-26
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1999-08-26
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Derrick Mossop Individual · British · DOB 12/1952 · age 74	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Lesley Mossop Individual · British · DOB 08/1955 · age 71	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1999-08-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46130 — SIC 46130

Registered office

Howgill Street

Whitehaven

Cumbria

CA28 7QW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-09

Last: 2025-08-26